A weekend in Istanbul

Flew from London to Istanbul over Easter weekend and had the best time ever!

This was my second time here but found a few new hidden gems.

Photo 1, 3: Taken from a yacht tour on the Bosphorus

Photo 1-5: Blue mosque

Photos 6-9: Hagia Sophia

Photo 10: Karakoy port - I’d consider this a unique one. It was Sunday around 9am and there were tons of men fishing. All of them made sure to give a fish or two to the cats waiting and I found that absolutely adorable. I stayed there for an hour, it was so therapeutic

Photo 11: Cicek Pasaji - Also think it’s a unique experience even though it’s a touristy spot. A lot of tourists were passing by and taking photos but me and my friend sat down for drinks and we saw locals playing cards so we bought some and played as well. Asked our waiter(?) and also some old Turkish men to teach us some Turkish games. They were quite invested haha

Photo 12-13: Completely unplanned but I just happened to visit Kadikoy on game day and the energy was absolutely electric.